Novelist Thomas Keneally asks if Australia will become a wreck,like the Endeavour,with “HM” emblazoned on it?
In A Bloody Good Rant,Thomas Keneally says the arts must again be nurtured,funded and valued as an extension of our country’s identity.
Forty years ago,we finally had a dictionary to call our own. But the Macquarie was more than a collection of Australian slang,as Thomas Keneally found out.
A cast of convicts performed Australia’s first play at Sydney Cove in 1789. But by the end of the 19th century the heart of entertainment was in the home.
The last 20 years has not been built on the structure of efficiency and conviviality we projected in September 2000. Howard released the dogs of ethnic hysteria soon after,and they are running still,and mauling our repute
The government wants to turn universities into factories turning out future workers,but can we trust it to know where the jobs will be? And while we're at it,do we settle for importing our culture?
In the midst of pandemic,the voices of history echo among us still.
Academics and artists have been left behind in the politicisation of COVID-19.
Every time I wake in the night now,I get a sense that throughout the city and the countryside there are younger men and women who’ve been woken by a much harder emergency than an ageing bladder.
Amid all manner of virtual offerings,our need to gather is under siege.
There's plenty of industry support except for one vital industry.